Quneitra District

Quneitra District is one of the two districts of the in southern . It is the northern of the two districts, with to the south.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Syria
  • Description: district in Quneitra, Syria
  • Also known as: “Gaza of Yolan”, “Jawlan”, “Jolâne”, “Kuneïtra”, “Minţaqat al Qunayţirah”, “Minţaqat Markaz al Qunayţirah”, “Qaḑā’ al Qunayţirah”, and “Quneitra Governorate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 1204 Mt. Avital and Shipon.

Peak
Photo: Scarlight, Public domain.
is a peak.

Scenic viewpoint
This is a list of mountains in the , territory under Israeli occupation.

Peak
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golan Heights and Ein Zivan.

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Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the in south-western . It is situated in a high valley in the at 1,010 metres above sea level.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern , under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

Village
is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern . The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967.

Quneitra District

Latitude
33.0857° or 33° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
35.7884° or 35° 47′ 18″ east
Elevation
885 metres (2,904 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q3QPQ+79
Geo­Names ID
173335
Wiki­data ID
Q4118367
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Quneitra District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القنيطرة”
  • Arabic: “مركز القنيطرة”
  • Arabic: “منطقة القنيطرة”
  • Arabic: “منطقة مركز القنيطرة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Կունեյտրայի գավառ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Qüneytirə mühafəzəsi”
  • Cebuano: “Quneitra District”
  • Chinese: “Quneitra Koān”
  • Chinese: “庫奈特拉區”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Kunejtra”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Kunejtra”
  • French: “District de Quneitra”
  • Georgian: “ალ-კუნეიტრის მინტაკა”
  • Georgian: “ელ-კუნეიტრის მინტაკა”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Quneitra”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Κουνέιτρα”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קוניטרה”
  • Hebrew: “קוניטרה (נפה)”
  • Hebrew: “קוניטרה”
  • Japanese: “クネイトラ郡”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Quneitra Koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quneitra-distriktet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quneitra-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Quneitra-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقة القنيطرة”
  • Persian: “منطقه القنیطره”
  • Polish: “Al-Kunajtira”
  • Russian: “Аль-Кунaйтра о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Кунейтра (район)”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кунейтра (район)”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кунейтра”
  • Scots: “Quneitra Destrict”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Kunejtra”
  • Swedish: “al-Qunaytira”
  • Swedish: “Al-Qunaytira”
  • Swedish: “al-Qunaytirah”
  • Turkish: “Kuneytire İli”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Кунейтра”
  • Urdu: “القنیطرہ ضلع”
  • Urdu: “قنیطرہ ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Quneitra okrugi”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sīr Dahish and Dahr Aḥmad.

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